subject: 3 Quick Tips For Affiliate Marketing [print this page] Every good affiliate knows how important it is to build an e-mail list. If you're just starting your affiliate journey, the best advice you are ever going to get is this: start building a list of loyal customers. The e-mail list will become the foundation for the rest of your business because part of your job is to send people to a great offer but if you only send people directly to the offer itself on the merchant's site, you will lose out on a really good chance to sell to that same person again.
This is simply a smart way to turn a one time buyer into a lifelong customer: by leveraging your e-mail list and using it as the asset that provides you with profits over and over again. Having a targeted list of potential buyers can turn the average affiliate into a super affiliate in just a few months. It's just common sense to have your targeted mailing list because there will be many more affiliate products that you will want to promote in the future.
Trying to drive all new traffic from all new customers to each and every one of those offers is just too time consuming and costly. But when you already have a list of prospects who have brought from you before, then you can simply send them the offer and drive targeted traffic at no cost. As long as the products you promote are good and honorable you can do this however often you like. Don't forget that, once you've developed a strong prospect list, you treat it like the gold that it really is.
The real secret to affiliate marketing success is to make sure that you diversify your promotional efforts. You have to put in all the efforts to actually drive traffic to your affiliate offers from various different sources. Don't just stick to one marketing method, but keep experimenting with new ones so that you are able to expand your affiliate business rapidly. So if you are getting good traffic from the search engines, try to multiply that traffic through viral marketing by giving away free viral reports to your visitors. It is all about thinking outside of the box and taking the best steps to get the right results. Many times you'll see affiliates working really hard on just one thing that work. If you want to find real success you'll look outside your comfort zone.
Always target those affiliate products that have had a good reputation or are in demand. Don't be scared off by competition and feel you have to pick products that aren't that good. Competition is not necessarily bad as it shows the worth of the product and if you market it correctly, you can still be successful with it. Always do your homework before promoting a product and make sure that its sales have not been dwindling. So affiliate marketing isn't that difficult; it's just directing targeted traffic to the right offers.
